Matthew Dusseault was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2016 death of 81-year-old Constance Gauthier
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- A Rhode Island man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing an elderly woman in March 2016
- Constance Gauthier, 81, was found with more than 60 stab wounds under a mattress at her home in Woonsocket
- Attorney General Peter Neronha remembered Gauthier as a “vibrant, active woman whose life was tragically cut short”
A Rhode Island man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing an elderly woman and leaving her body under a mattress.
The sentence, which includes the possibility of parole, was handed down to 28-year-old Matthew Dusseault at Providence Superior Court on Nov. 18, local news outlets WJAR and WPRI reported from the courtroom.
In January, Dusseault was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 death of 81-year-old Constance Gauthier, according to a press release from the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office…